MySQL Database Administrator – L2

MySQL Database Administrator – L2 Job Designation: MySQL Database Administrator – Level 2.

Employment Type: Full-time | Onsite.

Experience: 3–5 years in MySQL/MariaDB administration.

About the Role: The MySQL DBA will manage MySQL databases used by enterprise applications, ensuring reliability, performance, and security. The role includes replication setup, performance tuning, capacity planning, and backup/recovery management.

Key Responsibilities: • Install, configure, upgrade, and administer MySQL databases • Manage MySQL replication setups (Master–Slave, GTID, Multi-source) • Conduct performance tuning, slow query analysis, and index optimization • Perform backup and restore using mysqldump, MySQL Enterprise Backup, or Percona Tools • Monitor error logs, slow logs, connections, buffer pools, and memory utilization • Handle schema changes, storage engine management (InnoDB preferred) • Implement partitioning, sharding, and optimization strategies • Ensure DB security, user privileges, SSL/TLS configuration • Support high-availability solutions (Galera Cluster, Percona XtraDB) • Conduct regular DR testing & ensure data consistency • Prepare reports for DB performance, capacity, and health

Required Skills & Experience: • Strong knowledge of MySQL 5.7 / 8.0 • Hands-on experience in replication, clustering, performance tuning • Experience with Linux (RHEL/AIX) as MySQL runs primarily on Linux • Knowledge of backup utilities like Percona XtraBackup • Understanding of DB security, encryption, and hardening • Exposure to monitoring tools (Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana) • Experience supporting banking or mission-critical applications (preferred)

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